Court Rules Worker Didn't Abandon Workforce While Pregnant or Following Birth

An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to temporary total disability compensation for a period of time in which she did not work while pregnant and after giving birth, finding she had not abandoned the workforce. DeCapua Enterprises is a temporary staffing service that participates in Ohio's workers' compensation system as a self-insured employer. Micaela L. Wolfe worked for DeCapua, which assigned her to work as an optical lab technician to a facility in Lockbourne, Ohio. Wolfe slipped and fell on a wet floor while leaving a work meeting in September 2016. De...